Liezle's last week

Liezle has been gone from Jinju for 3 weeks now, so I feel I should probably write the post about her last week now. I already told you about Sunday soup at GNU, lunch on Monday and glasses shopping on Tuesday. We didn't do anything on Wednesday because she was finishing packing and had coffee with another friend.

Thursday we had lunch with 2 of her co-workers, Cindy and Lindi at an all you can eat (endless refills) Shabu Shabu place. It was really good. It wasn't really all you can eat because you only got one plate of meat and noodles, but it was definitely more than enough! We took a group picture near this little water scene in the restaurant. The 2 Koreans were all embarrassed because they said Koreans don't usually take pictures in restaurants (although it's perfectly acceptable and routine to do so in a coffee shop or cafe type place). Then we went for coffee at a place that make chocolate and gives you a free piece with your coffee (it's almost like a fudge).

Us at the shabu place

On Thursday night we went bowling as usual. Alas no turkeys and we forgot to take a group picture because some people (not me, really) got drunk and left to go to a bar to continue drinking instead of bowling a third game. After bowling we all went to Pop Junko and sang for awhile. I posted a couple pictures in an earlier post, but here are some others. It was fun, but a bit awkward because 2 friends sort of broke up in the middle of us singing.

We usually meet at Kimbap Heaven before bowling. This night we ended up eating 4 or 5 rolls of kimbap as a group, so we had a kimbap cheers.

Anna and Cindy are v-neck twins. Plus they have matching soju juice boxes!

Mike and Liezle singing at PopJunko

Friday morning-ish, Liezle confronted her boss about the lack of paying her ontime and actually ended up getting a lawyer involved. It required her to get all of her stuff moved quickly out of her apartment and being a little late for a group brunch, but she managed it and he paid her everything he owed her. The same group from Thursday's lunch, with the addition of Anna, met at a place called Kilogram for brunch. They has a weird menu, and I ended up getting a sandwich with ham, scrambled eggs and cheese on it, which was good. Keung He got this weird spaghetti salad thing that was really good.

Group pic at Kilogram. It's ok to get your picture taken here.

After lunch we walked around for a bit and then I had to go to work, so I had to say goodbye. It was very awkward because neither of us wanted to cry and Cindy and Anna were there and we were in the middle of the street, so it was just strange. Both of us ended up crying a little bit anyway. We've talked a bit on facebook so she made it home safely. She still has plans to come back, so we might see each other again before I leave, but it's doubtful since she will probably not be back until May. She was one of my best friends here and I have missed her greatly. It's funny to me that she was younger than my sister (we were 10 years apart) and yet we still are really good friends. Now I'll just have to visit South Africa and she can come to the US because I don't think our friendship is over just yet.